tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post8014459601680057443..comments2019-02-03T09:28:52.398-06:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: It's All GraceJoel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-28832909992809745722016-05-25T20:44:34.153-05:002016-05-25T20:44:34.153-05:00You&#39;ve got a lot of good stuff so I couldn&#39...You&#39;ve got a lot of good stuff so I couldn&#39;t not read this one. I never really thought about those scriptures that say according to the Spirit. That also reminds me of one that says &quot;not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit&quot;. Also I was reading a book called &quot;the heavenly man&quot; about a Chinese Christian and he said he was doing too much and not resting and he got in trouble from it I think and ended up in jail. He was studying the scriptures but not from rest and I think he was saying we should do things like that out of joy not because we&#39;re obligated but he ended up jail but God was still good and used that. Anyway I think it goes to show how much we need Him and His mercy otherwise we&#39;re trying to fulfill the law yet falling short and we&#39;re totally messing it up by breaking it in just one point and thus the whole thing as James puts it. And thanks for the other post. Timeiz2schorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797479604298235992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-1471713409735336112016-05-16T22:00:23.104-05:002016-05-16T22:00:23.104-05:00Yep indeed, it&#39;s all about Christ&#39;s righte...Yep indeed, it&#39;s all about Christ&#39;s righteousness that we&#39;ve received as a gift, not our own abilities to produce a righteous lifestyle. This post here is actually based on an article I wrote a few years ago, with a few more examples and scriptures. It&#39;s <a href="http://articles.graceroots.org/2006/05/sufficiency-of-grace.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you&#39;re interested.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-10150843171188959712016-05-16T14:45:37.386-05:002016-05-16T14:45:37.386-05:00Awesome!! Too many times I feel like I&#39;m not ...Awesome!! Too many times I feel like I&#39;m not getting it right or something and then I hear something like this again. I basically told my girlfriend I was tired to which she responded you&#39;re weary which reminded me of a scripture in Galatians. I wouldn&#39;t say that fits me exactly but I definitely am tired of hearing messages to do better when I already know Paul called it all crap which is actually a nice translation I think for the stronger language I believe he used. I&#39;m just interested in Christ&#39;s righteousness not my own. Or as Robert Capon would put it: why do we want to put the Pharisee&#39;s speech in the sinner&#39;s pocket referring to the one who just said God be merciful to me a sinner. Thanks for the all the scriptures to back up this idea. I&#39;d only considered one I think along with other scriptures of course. But these make the idea even more clear. Timeiz2schorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797479604298235992noreply@blogger.com